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Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2018
Microsoft KB4056892 Meltdown/Spectre patch bricks AMD Athlon-powered machines

Many users claim the Security Update for Windows KB4056892, the Microsoft Meltdown/Spectre patch, bricks AMD Athlon-powered machines. Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities will continue to create a lot of problems to users and chip vendors. As you know, tech giants like Apple, Cisco and Microsoft admitted the problem for their products and started rolling out security […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2018
A new stack-based overflow vulnerability discovered in AMD CPUs

Google expert discovered a new stack-based overflow vulnerability in AMD CPUs that could be exploited via crafted EK certificates, Chip manufacturers are in the tempest, while media are continues sharing news about the Meltdown and Spectre attacks, the security researcher at Google’s cloud security team Cfir Cohen disclosed a stack-based overflow vulnerability in the fTMP of […]